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• Catholic university in Ohio ends birth-control coverage
• Catholic Church in US readies blessing for 'child in womb'
• Russian Church: under attack after backing Putin
• Students ran, hid as gunman opened fire at Christian college in US, killing 7
• Gunman opens fire at small Christian college in Calif., kills 7 people, wounds 3 more
• Man kills 7, wounds 3 at small Christian college
• Man kills 7, wounds 3 at tiny Christian college
• Oakland shooter's connections to religious university under scrutiny

Catholic university in Ohio ends birth-control coverage Posted: (Reuters) - Xavier University, one of the oldest Roman Catholic colleges in the United States, will cut off birth-control coverage for its employees in July, a move that has divided faculty members and students on the Cincinnati campus. The abrupt cancellation of insurance benefits at the Jesuit university in Ohio comes amid a furious dispute between the Obama administration and the nation's Catholic bishops over contraception. ...

Catholic Church in US readies blessing for 'child in womb' Posted: The fiercely pro-life Roman Catholic Church in the United States is finalizing a special Vatican-approved prayer dedicated to unborn children, its national association of bishops said Tuesday.

Russian Church: under attack after backing Putin Posted: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Orthodox Church said on Tuesday it was under attack from unspecified "anti-Russian forces" seeking to erode its authority after it threw its weight behind Vladimir Putin before last month's presidential election. The unusually strongly-worded statement listed a recent protest performance by an all-girl punk band in Moscow's main cathedral as well as media allegations against Patriarch Kirill as examples of such attacks. ...

Students ran, hid as gunman opened fire at Christian college in US, killing 7 Posted: OAKLAND, Calif. - One wounded woman cowered in the bushes after the gunman opened fire on the campus of a small Christian university in California. One student hid in a locked classroom as the shooter banged on the door.

Gunman opens fire at small Christian college in Calif., kills 7 people, wounds 3 more Posted: OAKLAND, Calif. - A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping centre, authorities said.

Man kills 7, wounds 3 at small Christian college Posted: A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Man kills 7, wounds 3 at tiny Christian college Posted: A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Oakland shooter's connections to religious university under scrutiny Posted: A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended hours later with his capture at a shopping center, authorities said.

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